Seaman Willey Edwards a World War II veteran
Seaman Willey Edwards of Roanoke Rapids is treated at Farragut Naval Hospital Idaho for a fractured skull shrapnel wounds and burns from Okinawa. A Navy veteran since 1942 he served in invasions at Casablanca Sicily Leyte Normandy Philippines Iwo Jima Tokyo and Okinawa before his injury.
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Willey T. Edwards
Edwards
RoaniBe Rapids
Farragus
Idaho) Naval Hospital
Okinawa
Navy
Casablanca
Sicily
Lig
Normandy
Pacific
Philippines
Iwo Jima
Tokyo
Mills son wounded in Germany during World War II
Corp. Ren. T. Mills, 93 Madison Street, Roanoke Rapids, was wounded in Germany on April 1 and is now in a hospital in England. A member of Gen. Patton's Third U. S. Army, he entered service in March 1942 and went overseas in May 1944. his wife Eve lyn Smith and their daughter reside with his mother.
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Corp
Ren. T. Mills
N. H. Mills
Madison Street
Roanoke Rapids
Germany
War Department
England
13S
Patton
U. S. Army
Evelyn Smith
Corp. Mills
Powell Freed From Nazi Camp In Red Cross Note
Rodney R. Powell son of Mr and Mrs B A Powell 732 Mohroe Street has been liberated from a Nazi prison camp according to a Red Cross message to his parents He had been listed missing in action earlier.
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Rodney R. Powell
B.A. Powell
Mohroe Street
American Red Cross
Powell
Young Gray Suffers Right Leg Break in Street Collision
Walter Gray, 9, son of Mr and Mrs Bryant Gray of Vance street, was struck while biking home for lunch on Tenth street near his house. He suffered a broken right leg after two automobiles traveling parallel struck him. Jesse Joyner, driver of a white taxi, is charged as the driver responsible.
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Walter Gray
Bryant Gray
Vance Street
Young Gray
Tenth Street
Vance
Jesse Joyner
Banks Closed for Memorial Day Observance
All banks in the city will close for the day Wednesday the 30th to mark Memorial Day observances.
Young Boys Believed To Kill Hogs Near Holliday Home
Two hogs weighing about 150 pounds each, owned by G. W. Holliday of 300 Jefferson street, were shot late Tuesday evening. Rifle shots were heard near the hog pen behind the Holliday residence and several young boys were seen leaving the area. Police expect arrests.
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G. W. Holliday
Jefferson Street
Holliday
Soldiers Freed From Nazi Prisons Reach Weldon
Lieut. Harry Fried of Weldon family and Pfc. Jack Thorn Jr and Pfc. Henry Grigg, both with Weldon connections, are among soldiers liberated from Nazi camps and expected home this week, according to information received in Weldon.
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Harry Fried
M. Fried
Weldon
Jack Thorn, Jr
Jack Thorn
Henry Grigg
Injured Vets Set to Visit Roanoke Rapids Mills
In Roanoke Rapids during War Textile Workers Week the week of June 11 veterans will visit local textile mills on June 14 and 15. The visit, arranged by the War Manpower Commission with War Production Board backing, aims to stress textile importance and curb absenteeism. local mill officials and media representatives met with Mrs. Annie T. Freeman and manager Robert Mickey to plan the program.
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Roanoke Rapids
War Manpower Commission
War Production Board
Pacific
Annie T. Freeman
Star War Manpower Commission
Robert Mickey
Home On Leave Sergeant Nicholson Returns From Pacific War
Roanoke Rapids North Carolina route 3 resident Sergeant Willie Nicholson is home on leave after 25 months of service in the South Pacific theatre. His base is listed as Stuttgart Arkansas.
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Willie Nicholson
Roanoke Rapids
Route 3
Nicholson
Stuttgart
Ark
Greek guest extols Greece in Rotary Club address
G H Eliades of Hopewell Va told Rotary Club members that Greece gave the world many leaders in science literature and art and helped shape democracy and Christianity. He noted Greece as mother of democracy and First to adopt trial by jury and Christian teachings.
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G. H. Eliades
Hopewell
John Carras
Eliades
Greece
Randolph- Macon College
United States
St. Paul
Ensign Topping Receives Navy Commission in 1943
In Chicago Thomas Rudolph Topping son of Mrs and the late Mr K B Topping of Littleton received his commission as Ensign USNR in graduation exercises May 24 at the Reserve Midshipman School Northwestern University Chicago. He attended Stevens Institute Hoboken N J first class Navy V-12 and trained at Asbury Park Pre Midshipman school before Chicago. He is 19, volunteered spring 43, and graduated Littleton High School class of 43.
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Thomas Rudolph Topping
K. B. Topping
Littleton
USNR
Reserve Midshipman School
Northwestern University
Chicago
Ensign Topping
Stevens Institute of Technology
Hoboken
N. J
Asbury Park
Littleton High School
Capt Brown to Address Textile Mills in Roanoke Rapids
Captain Theodore R. Brown War Bond Officer of the Charlotte Depot will speak to workers at textile plants in Roanoke Rapids on May 29 as part of the 7th War Loan Drive. He has spoken at over 30 North Carolina plants and will address two shifts at multiple mills with War Bond committees organizing the events.
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Capt. Brown
Roanoke Rapids
Frank C. Williams
W. L. Manning
Theodore R. Brown
Charlotte
Brown
North Carolina
Captain Brown
Rosemary
Roanoke No
Patterson
T. C. Abernethy
War Finance Committee of
Liberated Roanoke Rapids airman Sergi Morris returns home
Technical Sergeant Leroy Morris, son of Mrs. Nettie Morris of Jackson Street, Roanoke Rapids, has been liberated from a German prison camp by American troops. Shot down over Germany in June 1943, he was a radio operator tail gunner in the Air Corps and formerly worked at Standard Grocery. A Red Cross message to his mother last week confirmed the release.
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Leroy Morris
Nettie Morris
Jackson Street
Roanoke Rapids
Germany
Morris
Standard Grocery Company
Air Corps
American Red Cross
Crouch Brothers Return Home on Leave
Pfc. Troy Crouch of Arizona and Cpl. Lacy Crouch, recently back from the South Pacific, visit their mother Mrs. L. B. Crouch at 1108 Franklin St. Troy is home 15 days after enlisting in 1942. Lacy spent 30 months abroad after entering service in October 1941 and will report to Jacksonville after his leave.
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Troy Crouch
Arizona
Cpl
Lacy Crouch
South Pacific
L. B. Crouch
Franklin St
Troy
Nora Wright
Lacy
Jacksonville
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Seaman Willey Edwards
Rodney Powell
Fried, Thorn, Grigg
Herbert S. Edwards
Ellen Edwards
Italy
Bullock
Pfc
Alex Bullock, Jr
Luzon Island
Rotary Club
Sergi
Crouch Brothers
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